National Cage Bird Show
American Singer Champions

The first National Cage Bird Show results available in Newsletters
was in 1982, but prior to that Cliff Williams and George Commons were
the big winners with Cliff winning 13 and George 4. Cliff
specialized mainly in light colored birds and George in greens that
he called "Wauconda Greens."

Kellogg was the original sponsor of the NCBS first in division
awards. Being a "Kellogg" winner has almost become a generic term
for being the best in show at the National! However, in 2001, the
award was renamed the Scott Award because the Scott company bought Kellogg.
In 2002, Higgins became the new NCBS sponsor, so the first in division
award is now called the "Higgins Award." To avoid confusion and to treat
each year equally, these people should be considered NCBS Best in Show
winners and no longer referred to as Kellogg winners. The NCBS was not held
in 2003 and 2010.